Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Duplicate Bridge: June 22

Unit pairs games with extra points are scheduled in two clubs today, Saturday, June 22. The game at the Airport Bridge Club begins at 11 a.m. The Lockport Duplicate Club is hosting the annual Unit 116 Strawberry Social, with strawberries at 12:30 p.m. and the game at 1 p.m., in the DaleCenter, 33 Ontario St., Lockport.

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Unit championships will be held today at 11 a.m. in the Airport Bridge Club and at 12:30 p.m. in the Lockport Club as part of the annual Unit 116 strawberry social.

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The Airport Bridge Club has triple-point pairs games at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 23, and 11 a.m. Monday, June 24. The Bridge Center of Buffalo offers supervised play for beginners at noon Monday, June 24.

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The annual Buffalo Regional Tournament runs Tuesday, June 25, to Sunday, June 30, in the Holiday Inn, 100 Whitehaven Road, Grand Island, with games at 9 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, and Swiss teams at 10 a.m. June 30. Most ACBL-sanctioned local clubs will be closed during the tournament, although Delaware Wednesday will play as usual. For complete tournament info, click this link.

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Congratulations to John Ziemer, the top Unit 116 silver point winner in the District 5 Summer Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) from June 10 to 16 in local bridge clubs. Second overall in the district, which includes Cleveland and Pittsburgh, he earned 22.41 points.

The DuplicateBridge column is compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version normally appears in the Life & Arts section in the Saturday edition of The Buffalo News. If it’s not in its usual place, try the Sports section.

The online version contains unabridged scores and a longer list of notices. Deadline for submission of scores and notices is Tuesday night. Email danderson@buffnews.com or dahotwings@aol.com. Office phone is (716) 849-4420.

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A Silver Life Master since 2011, Dale Anderson hit 1,500 master points on Presidents Day. He blogs about his progress toward Gold Life Master (2,500 points) and other bridge adventures here.

About Me

Dean of Western New York rock critics. Chief rock & pop writer at Buffalo News for 20 years, helped establish weekend entertainment magazine Gusto. Original manager of Ani DiFranco -- first 4 years, first 5 CDs, set up the independent thing. Competitive bridge player since 2005. Second in nation in Ace of Clubs master point race in 2009 (300-500 point division). Eighth in 500-1000 point division in 2010. Finally got the Life Master Hat Trick -- basic, bronze and silver -- all at once on 11/10/11.